GHANNOUCHI: BANNING HAMAS IN EGYPT IS AN UNJUST DECISION

Tunis, 5 Jumadil Awwal 1435/6 March 2014 (MINA) – Leader of the Tunisian Ennahda Movement Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi slammed the decision of the Egyptian judiciary classifying Hamas as a terrorist organization, and considered it an unjust decision.

“It is an unjust decision issued by an unjust system”, Ghannouchi said in remarks to Quds Press, according Palestinian Information Center (PIC) report quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

A Cairo court has decided on Tuesday to consider the Islamic resistance movement Hamas a terrorist organization and to ban its activities and close its headquarters in Egypt, if there are any.

For his part, head of the Palestinian Forum in Britain Ziad Aloul described as unfair the judicial ruling issued by the Cairo court, and said it represents a collective punishment that would harm the interests of the Palestinian people.

Aloul urged in statements to Quds Press the Egyptian authorities to revoke this decision.

The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has also called on the Egyptian authorities to reverse its decision to ban activities of Hamas in Egypt and to confiscate its money.

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of PLC, said in a press statement: “The Egyptian decision does not serve the Palestinian cause. It is targeting the legitimate Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation,” and asked the Egyptian authorities to annul the decision.

The Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza in a statement on Tuesday denounced the Cairo court’s verdict and said it is targeting the Palestinian people and their resistance and is placing Hamas in the category of enemies of Egypt.

The ministry called upon the Egyptian authorities to cancel this resolution, and to take instead a clear decision to lift the blockade imposed on Gaza and to support the Palestinians and their resistance by all means.(T/P03/E01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)